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PETER McCUE WINS FOR HIS OWN OWNCharles Charles Watkins his son and a majority of a rural coterie from Central Illinois turned a clover trick at Forsyth with their Rathnerod Nora N colt Peter McCuo The colt was in Tues ¬ days fifth race with a lot of maidens and open ¬ ing at 20 to 1 receded to 30 to 1 Then the agri ¬ cultural money began to pour in Strangers with long boots and the smell of new mown hay about them flitted like specters throughjthe ring bet ¬ ting money that had been buried for months At post time Peter McCnes price was 6 to 1 Peter was such a good thing that Mr Watkins would not trust a regular jockey and his son had the mount Watkins Jr stood up so heavily that he pushed his feet through his stirrups in the trip to the post Bat this did not take away his nerve or the colts speed and getting the colt off well they drifted to the front early and won away off by themselves There is no tight fit no ¬ tions in the agricultural heart when the money is down and home interests are involved involvedThe The racing featuro of the afternoon was a mile selling race which Simmons won in a long hard drive by a neck from Pinkey Potter Potter was the best but was none too well ridden and got a fall in warming up upThe The finish in the sixth race was also full of glitter the first five horses being mere heads usatt all won his race easily and
